Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Since 2008, The Jack Miller Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship Initiative has become our Flagship program in higher education. This coming year, we and our partners will fund 22 individuals in some of the best undergraduate programs around the country. This effort has been made possible through the support of an anonymous donor, partnerships with other charitable foundations such as the Veritas Fund, and the support of 20 institutions and faculty partners.

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A Post-Doctoral Fellowship serves the dual purpose of allowing young professors to continue their graduate education, while beginning the effort to improve and hone their teaching skills. The Jack Miller Center, is proud to facilitate these Post-Doctoral positions. Typically, these positions provide teaching opportunities, while providing valuable time for research and writing.

Dr. Michael Andrews, Vice President of the Jack Miller Center, in announcing the 22 members of the 2010-2011 class of Miller Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors commented that “these distinguished young scholars are gaining essential experience in teaching courses that strengthen education in American founding principles and institutions, as well as completing research and writing that will strengthen their careers in higher education.”

Dr. Andrews noted that the Jack Miller Center’s Post-doctoral Fellowship Initiative was established in 2008 through an anonymous $1,000,000 gift.  Since then it has grown through additional support from various supporters and a continuing partnership with the Veritas Fund.  Twenty colleges and universities are participating in this year’s program, and it has become one of the most competitive such programs in the nation.  To date, over 40 young scholars have received support for one or two year appointments.

2010-2011 Post-Doctoral Fellows include:

University of Virginia

  • Jeremiah Russell
  • Matthew Sitman

University of Texas

  • Erik Dempsey

Notre Dame University

  • James Mastrangelo

Yale University

  • Steven Bilakovics
  • A second Miller Fellow to be named in the Spring.

Duke University

  • Randal Hendrickson

Christopher Newport University

  • Jonathan White

Boise State University

  • Stewart Gardner

Lake Forrest College

  • Evan Oxman

The Ohio University

  • Patrick Peel

Georgetown University

  • Sarah Houser

Boston College

  • Aaron Herrold

Harvard University

  • Christopher Barker

Emory University

  • James Zink

Rhodes College

  • Brent Cusher

Villanova University

  • Fabrice Beland

Cornell University

  • Kathryn Milne

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Linda Rabieh

Brown University

  • Gregory Weiner

The selection of individuals for these Jack Miller Center Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors is made according to the selection process of each individual University and College.

The 2009-2010 Post-Doctoral Fellows included:

Dr. Jeremy Mihre

Harvard University*

Dr. Daniel Wewers

Brown University

Dr. Zach Courser

Boston College

Dr. Rodrigo Chacon

Boston College*

Dr. Steven Bilakovics

Yale University

Dr. Randall Hendrickson

Michigan State University

Dr. Daniel Kenney

Michigan State University

Dr. James Mastrangelo*

Notre Dame University

Dr. Barton Myers

Cornell University

Dr. Christopher West

Georgetown University*

Dr. Brent Cusher

Rhodes College*

Dr. Jonathan White

Christopher Newport University

Dr. Daniel Doneson

University of Virginia*

Dr. Erik Dempsey

University of Texas*

Dr. Thomas Schneider

Emory University*

Dr. Danilo Petronovich,

Duke University*

Dr. Brian Satterfield

Villanova University*

*Two year appointments. Miller-Veritas Post-Doctoral Fellows.

Rear Admiral Mike Ratliff  praised the donors who have made the program possible, observing that “these young scholars bring an excitement and energy to these campuses that is already making a difference in the lives of thousands of students.  Nothing the Jack Miller Center has done over the past year has been more important.”

Earlier recipients of Miller Post-Doctoral Fellowships include Eva Attanasow at Harvard University, Svetazar Minkov at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lynn Uzzell at the University of Virginia, Benjamin Lorch at the University of Texas, Luigi Bradizza at Louisiana State, Thomas Karako and Patrick Collins at Claremont Graduate University, and Brian Smith at Georgetown University.